#E7B151

Closest named color: Macaroni And Cheese (#EFB435). oklch(79.2% 0.129 79.3), rgb(231, 177, 81).

Black text reads best on this color (10.80:1).

About this color

#E7B151 is a light, moderately saturated orange. In OKLCH its lightness is 79%, its chroma 0.129 and its hue 79°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. The nearest named color is Macaroni And Cheese (#EFB435), ΔE 0.025 away. Black text reads best on it, at 10.80:1.

Hue family	Oranges
Lightness	light (79%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.129)
Temperature	warm
Nearest name	Macaroni And Cheese (#EFB435)
Black text	10.80:1
White text	1.94:1

Values

HEX	#E7B151
RGB	rgb(231, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(38, 76%, 61%)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.129 79.3)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #E7B151	1.94:1	Fails	Lc -41.5	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #E7B151	10.80:1	AAA	Lc 66.7	Content text, not long reading
#E7B151 text on white	1.94:1	Fails	Lc 37.2	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#E7B151 text on black	10.80:1	AAA	Lc -65.3	Content text, not long reading

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

Step 50
50

#FCF4E9

oklch(97% 0.017 76.1)
Step 100
100

#F7E8CF

oklch(93.6% 0.037 80.6)
Step 200
200

#F3D4A4

oklch(88.4% 0.071 78.5)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#E7B151

oklch(79.2% 0.129 79.3)
Step 400
400

#D19400

oklch(70.8% 0.147 79.2)
Step 500
500

#B37E00

oklch(63% 0.131 79.1)
Step 600
600

#976A00

oklch(55.7% 0.116 79.3)
Step 700
700

#7F5900

oklch(49.2% 0.102 79.8)
Step 800
800

#684800

oklch(42.6% 0.088 79.5)
Step 900
900

#573C00

oklch(37.7% 0.078 80.1)
Step 950
950

#352300

oklch(27.1% 0.056 79.9)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#E7B151 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#C6B247	0.053
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#D3BF54	0.044
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#FAA19C	0.112
Achromatopsia (no color)	#BABABA	0.129